- Lyda Roberti, The Kid From Spain, 1932. Two years earlier, Cantor and producer Samuel Goldwynfirst discussed the comic’s idea about a “pop-eyed Jewish brat from Brooklyn who grew up to become the world’s greatest bullfighter.” (Inspired by the only US matador of the time, Sidney Franklin). Damita, then Diane Sinclair and finally, the Warsaw-born blonde, Roberti, were seen for Rosalie. However, the actual script sort of evaporated. As it was unfolding on-screen!
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